Teen Beating

GEORGE SKENE, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Three of the defendants cover their faces while waiting a holding room before their individual appearances, Friday, April 11, 2008, in Bartow, Fla. Eight defendants accused of beating a girl and putting the video on YouTube had a first appearance hearing in Polk County Court via television from the county jail.

Three of the defendants cover their faces while waiting a holding room before their individual appearances, Friday, April 11, 2008, in Bartow, Fla. Eight defendants accused of beating a girl and putting the video on YouTube had a first appearance hearing in Polk County Court via television from the county jail. (GEORGE SKENE, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Three of the defendants cover their faces while waiting a holding room before their individual appearances, Friday, April 11, 2008, in Bartow, Fla. Eight defendants accused of beating a girl and putting the video on YouTube had a first appearance hearing in Polk County Court via television from the county jail.